Bottle-stopper.



E. L. BECK & A. M. AYERS.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPUCATION FILED .IULY10.1914.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

3 nvegtoii UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST I. BECK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND ALBERT M. AYERS, OF NUTLEY, NEW

JERSEY, .ASSIGNORS TO DODGE & DENT MFG. (70., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 31 1915.

Application filed July 10, 1914. Serial N 0. 850,183.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ERNEST Lnwrs BECK,

ing in the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, andALBERT M. AYERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofNutley, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to bottle stoppers,

and has for the object among others, to provide a stopper having adischarge and vent tube, air being admitted to the container to whichthe stopper is applied to cause the contents of the container to befreely discharged through the discharge tube of the stopper, to providemeans to automatically close the open outer ends of the discharge andvent tube when the container is in an upright position and to open thesame when the container is tilted to discharge the liquid therefrom, andto provide such a device as shall be simple in construction, and easilyand cheaply manufactured.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement andcombination of various elements and parts, as shown in the accompanyingdrawings, and hereinafter more particularlv described.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 represents a cross-section of a bottle orsimilar container providedwith our improved form of stopper, the lowerportion of the bottle being broken away; Fig. is a longitudinal sectionof our improved form of stopper; Fig. 3 is a view of the same as seenfrom a different direction; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken onthe line 11 of Fig. 3; and looking in the direction ofthe arrows; Figs.2, 3 and 4, being all on the same enlarged scale.

In carrying our invention into eflect in the embodiment thereof which wehave selected for illustration in the accompanying drawings, anddescription in this specification, we provide a cork or the like 11adapted to fit into the neck of a bottle or similar container,designated in the drawings by 12. The cork 11 is provided with alongitudinal perforation, substantially circular in form and ofapproximately uniform diameter throughout. lVe also provide a member ofmetal or similar material of the form to be described. This membercomprises a flat circular portion 13, of the same diameter as the cork,or slightly larger, as shown. Extending downward from the disk portion13 we provide a portion 14 of the form shown in cross-section in Fig. 4.This portion comprises the lower partof the discharge tube the bore ofwhichis semicircular or somewhat crescent shaped in cross-section asshown in Fig. 1. The portion 14 is adapted to entirely fill thecylindrical perforation in the cork 11, with the exception of a smallarea of approximately circular cross-section adapted to receive the ventpipe 15, hereinafter described.

Above the disk portion 13 we provide an upward extension 16 externallyapproximately circular in cross-section and preferably curved in form,as shown particularly in Fig. 2. This portion 16 contains the upperparts of the discharge and of the vent passages, the same being hereshown as approximately of the same shape and relative sizes as theirlower portions shown in Fig. at. As will be observed, the upper portionof the vent passage is integral with the" metal member above described.The lower portion thereof consists of a single tube 15 of any suitablelength, its upper end being adapted to fit into the opening left betweenthe portion H and the cork 11, (see Fig. 4). The lower end of the tube15 projects vertically downward into the container.

At the top of the portion-16 we provide a suitable cover 18, and in thedrawings we have shown this cover hinged to the portion 16 by the pin19, although it is obvious that any other suitable means may be used ifdesired.

A bottle stopper constructed as herein shown and described, is adaptedfor use in connection with bottles containing spirituous liquors or inconnection with other forms of bottles from which the contents aredischarged at frequent intervals, and obviates the necessity of removingand replacing the stopper each time any of the'content-s of the bottleis removed.

In use, the bottle is turned over into the position shown in Fig. 1,automatically i proved stopper may be used on a bottle or container ofany depth, and inasmuch as the metal member described will fit any corkprovided with a circular longitudinal perforation of the right size, itwill be seen that the stopper can be used on any bottle or container,regardless of the sizeof the neck, as it is only required to perforatethe.

upon the top of said cork, a tube integral;

with said disk, passing therethrough, and extending upwardly anddownwardly therefrom, said tube being lune-shaped in crosssection, andoccupying the entire portion of said perforation not occupied by saidfirst named tube and partially inclosing said first named tube in theconcave portion thereof, a tube integral with said disk, passingtherethrough, and extending upwardly therefrom, the lower end of saidnamed tube opening into the upper end of said first named tube, and ahinged cover closing the upper ends of said second named and said lastnamed tubes.

In witness "whereof we have hereunto signed our names this 30th dav ofJune 1914, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNEST L. BECK. ALBERT M. AYERS.

Witnesses:

EDMOND CoNcAR BRowN, WILLIAM N. MACLEAN.

